SRINAGAR: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is mulling the option of talking to senior officials from India and Pakistan on the situation in Kashmir and will see how things can be improved on the ground, his spokesperson has said.
Guterres will talk to different officials if it helps (to) move the process along. Thats something that he is looking into. Beyond that, I have nothing new to say about the issue, UN Chiefs Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, told reporters.
Haq made the remarks when he was asked at his daily press briefing about the situation in Kashmir and if Guterres has been able to understand the Kashmir dispute and would he be talking to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start a dialogue with Pakistan.
When asked if there was a timeline as to when the UN chief will talk to leaders from the two countries, Haq said, as with any number of long-running situations, there are a lot of complex issues that need to be examined.
The UN Chief will look into the issue, and certainly, he will try to see what can be done to improve the situation on the ground, Haq added.
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